Pete Bishop
British film maker, animator and theatre set designer
About Pete Bishop
Born 1901. Pete Bishop was a cartoonist, television director and animator.
Pete Bishop is a British film maker, animator and theatre set designer. He is best known as the director of the Channel 4 (Episodes 1-6)/Straight-to-DVD (Episodes 7-13) animation Bromwell High, director of the ITV cartoon series Captain Star, and as the National Theatre's Director of Animation for England People Very Nice.
Bishop was nominated for a 2010 British Olivier Award for animation in set design for his work on the National Theatre production of England People Very Nice.
Bromwell High, a Channel 4 (Episodes 1-6)/Straight-to-DVD (Region 2; Episodes 7-13)/Teletoon/Hat Trick Productions/Decode Entertainment co-production, has been broadcast in the UK, Canada and South America, and won the best comedy award at the 2006 British Animation Awards.
Theatre of Hands, made with M Schlingmann won the 2010 Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF) Grand Prix.
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British film maker, animator and theatre set designer
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Pete Bishop was born in 1901.
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